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Vicksburg Soccer Challenge ........ 2

Supreme Families of the Month.. 2

Marian Hour of Prayer ................ 3

Pro-life News Sources ................. 3

Silver Rose Transfer .................... 4

StateOf�icers

State Chaplain

R. Bob Higginbotham, D’Iberville

State Deputy

David Sco,, Madison

State Secretary

Jim McCraw, Jackson

State Treasurer

Noel Aucoin, D’Iberville

State Advocate

Philip Jabour, Flowood

State Warden

Ben Mokry, Jackson

Immediate Past State Deputy

Gerald E. “Jerry” Schmuck

Send Council, Assembly and Circle

news to John Lacourrege at

jklacourrege@bellsouth.net

AWordfromtheStateDeputy

Faith

The Year of Faith began on October 11, 2012 and will

conclude on November 24, 2013, the Feast of Christ the

King. The Knights of Columbus have developed a Year of

Faith Program that is designed to help develop a deeper

rela<onship with Christ and the Church. The Program is

based on four focus areas: Faith Professed; Faith Cele-

brated; Faith Lived; and Faith Prayed. There are several

suggested ac<vi<es for each area and any council that

completes at least one item in each area will receive a

print of the Holy Family.

FAITH PROFESSED

What is the New Evangeliza�on? - Read and distribute copies of this new Cath-

olic Informa<on Service booklet (#401) in your council and parish. The booklet

can be ordered from Supreme.

Chris�fideles Laici – Ask your Chaplain to lead a discussion on this papal docu-

ment about the Voca<on and Mission of the Lay Faithful.

Familiaris Consor�o – Read the Catholic Informa<on Service booklet (#318) on

this papal document on the Role of the Chris<an Family in the Modern World.

The booklet can be ordered from Supreme.

Columbia Magazine – Read the Supreme Chaplain’s monthly column.

FAITH LIVED

Food for Families – Collect and distribute food to needy families.

Coats for Kids – Provide new coats to needy children.

FAITH CELEBRATED

Corporate Communions – Celebrate Mass together as a Council.

Pilgrimage – Make a prayerful visit to a cathedral or shrine.

Clergy Apprecia�on – Host a clergy apprecia<on event honoring local clergy.

(con�nued on page 4)

October2013

Volume13,Issue10

SupremeCouncilFamilies

oftheMonth

The following are the Mississippi winners of the Supreme Council’s

Family of the Month contest for the

month of August, 2013. They are obtained through a random drawing

held at the Supreme Council office

from among the many nominees

submi,ed by local councils.

Ronald & Kathleen Carr

Council 9124—Gau<er

Willie & Grover Jones

Council 11995—Pass Chris<an

Councils are encouraged to submit

their Family of the Month reports

in a <mely fashion in order for

their submissions to be eligible.

Msgr. P. J. Carey Assembly 561 installed its officers for the 2013-2014 fraternal year at Sacred Heart

Church in D’Iberville on Saturday, September 7th. Pictured from le/ to right are: Faithful Pilot, Joseph

Farr; Faithful Inner Sen�nel, Benny French; Faithful Admiral, Steve Parnell; Faithful Navigator, Joseph

Furlan; Walker Steadman standing in for Faithful Scribe, Richard Clement; Faithful Captain, Lee Chandler;

and Faithful Purser, Robert Barr.

“If you are very, very busy, simply carry a rosary on your person. Even that is a way of

honoring Mary.” —The Va�can II Weekday Missal

VicksburgKnightsHold3rdAnnualSoccerChal-

lenge

Assembly561InstallsNewOf�icers

Vicksburg Council 898 held its 3rd

annual Soccer Challenge on Saturday, September 28th

at the

Bovina Soccer Complex. 29 boys and girls ages 9 to 12 par<cipated. The overall top scorer was

Will Farthing, a 9 year old, with a score of 130. Adam Eckstein, aged 11, was second high scorer

at 115. Top scorers for the girls were Madelyn Polk, age 11, and Mia Dunn, age 10, with both

scoring 105.

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Council 898 GK Charles Hahn tallies the scores as Vicksburg youth ranging in age from 9 to 12 compete in the council’s 3

rd annual Soccer Challenge on Saturday September 28

th at Bovina Soccer Complex.

SecondDegreeExempli�i-

cationScheduled

The District 10 Second Degree Team has scheduled an exemplifica<on for

Saturday, November 2nd

, in the gym

of St. Vincent de Paul School in Long

Beach.

Registra<on will start at 11:00 AM

and the exemplifica<on will start promptly at 1:00 PM. Lunch will be

served before the exemplifica<on.

If your council has First Degree Knights interested in advancement,

please contact Greg Niolet at

gniol@cableone.net (228-452-4974) or Roy Gamez at

a,hepass@cableone.net (228-452-

9070).

Dress code: Dress Pants and Shirt

(coat and <e Op<onal). NO SHORTS

OR TENNIS SHOES PLEASE.

Vivat, Jesus,

Roy Gamez, DD10

.

Pro-lifeNewsSources

How do you keep informed about

Culture of Life issues? Where do you learn about pro-life news, ac<vi<es,

research and organiza<ons? The

organiza<ons listed below are those that we have found to be doing great

prolife work both in the USA and

worldwide. Instruc<ons on how to receive their weekly newsle,ers are

listed below. The organiza<onal

profiles were posted on their web-sites. Sign up for a newsle,er or two

today and become more educated on

current Culture of Life Issues.

Dennis and Muna Riecke

State Prolife Couple Mississippi State Council

Life Site News

At www.LifeSiteNews.com click on

the “Subscribe” tab at the top.

Life Site News is an alterna<ve to the

mainstream news media. Every day

we gather the most important news on life and family issues from Cana-

da, the U.S. and around the world.

We give you the truth that is usually not available from your local media.

Each business day LifeSiteNews sends

only one E-mail message consis<ng of mostly original news reports and

commentaries. Some<mes an addi-

<onal report on a major breaking

news item is sent.

Life Issues Ins�tute

At www.lifeissues.org click on “About

Us” then “Subscribe”

Life Issues Ins<tute: Our Mission----Assuring, through educa<on, equal

protec<on under the law for all living

humans from the beginning of their biological life at fer<liza<on un<l

natural death.

Life Issues Ins<tute is a non-profit (501 c3) interna<onal organiza<on

dedicated to changing hearts and

minds of millions of people through pro-life educa<on. Founded in 1991

by J C Willke, MD and Bradley

Ma,es, organiza<ons and individuals around the world have come to

depend upon Life Issues Ins<tute to

provide the latest informa<on and effec<ve tools to protect innocent

human life from womb to tomb. Life

Issues Ins<tute dedicated itself to promo<ng and providing effec<ve

educa<onal tools for the pro-life

movement—with the goal of restor-ing a culture that values human life,

both young and old, born and un-

born.

(Con�nued on next page)

Council9543HoldsMarianHour

ofPrayer

Council 9543 in Madison hosted the Marian Icon and held a prayer service at St. Francis of

Assisi Church on Wednesday, October 2nd

. The icon is a reproduc<on of the pain<ng of Mary

the Immaculate Concep<on that hangs above the main altar of the Basilica-Cathedral of Notre-

Dame de Quebec.

Sir Knights Larry Roberts and Johnny Biggert in Fourth Degree regalia carried the Marian icon

into the church and placed it on an easel in front of those in a,endance. The service was led

by Sir Knight Harold Adcock. Grand Knight Bill Amadio and Deputy Grand Knight Tunney

Vandevender each did readings and a special homily wri,en by Pope Francis in honor of The

Blessed Virgin Mary was also read. Sir Knight Larry Roberts finished the service with the Ange-

lus and a prayer from the Pope.

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Council 9543 in Madison held a Marian Hour of Prayer at St. Francis of Assisi Church at 6:00 PM on

Wednesday, October 2nd. Pictured from le/ to right are DGK Tunney Vandevender, GK Bill Amadio,

John Dorsa, Past District Master Larry Roberts, PGK Rene Bodin, PFN Johnny Biggert, Ramon

Machado, Harold Adcock, and Msgr. Michael Flannery.

Four Knights from Councils in Olive Branch and Southaven added the rank of Second Degree in a Septem-

ber exemplifica�on hosted by Olive Branch Council 14051. State Deputy David ScoG and District Deputy #2

Joe Suhanin flank (from le/) Tony Garrard, Bill Horne and Jeff Bell of Olive Branch Council 14051 and

Wayne Wilson of Southaven Council 7120.

AWordfromtheStateDeputy(ContinuedfromPage1)

FAITH PRAYED

Year of Faith Booklet – Distribute copies of this collec<on of tradi<onal pray-

ers (#10083) to council members or parishioners

Marian Prayer Program – Par<cipate in the Order’s Marian Prayer Program

The Rosary – Pray the rosary at council mee<ngs or hold a rosary prayer ser-

vice at your parish.

These ac<vi<es need to be reported to Supreme on the Year of Faith Ac<vity

Report Form #10084, which can be downloaded from the State KC website.

Jesus said, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this

hill, ‘Go from here to there’ and it will go.” Ma,hew 17:20.

Have you thanked a priest today?

Vivat Jesus!

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Claude Hunt 9le/) paints a fresh yellow line as Council 6765 GK Danny Setaro assists.

On Sunday, September 22nd at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Picayune, the Silver Rose was

transferred between Mississippi and Louisiana. An Honor Guard was provided by Assembly 2227 of Picayune and Ushers were our Squires Circle. Pictured from le/ to right are: DD 9 Bill Heath, MS State Deputy David ScoG, LA State Warden Rennan Duffour , VSM Russell Ruh , and LA DD Tim Heibling.

Council6765inAction

On Saturday, August 24th

, about 30

parishioners, including 14 Knights of Fr. John P. Egan Council 6765 in

Starkville showed up to clean up the

parish grounds, parish hall and the CYO building at St. Joseph Catholic

Church on University Drive.

High school students prepared their CYO house for the next season of LIFT

ac<vi<es.

SilverRoseTransferredBetweenNeighboring

Knights

“If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say

to this hill, ‘Go from here to there’ and it will go.”

MaG. 17:20

Pro-lifeNewsSources(continuedfrompage3)

Prolife Mississippi

www.prolifemississippi.org. To sub-

scribe to their newsle,er send and

Email to plm@prolifemississippi.org

and ask to be put on their Email

newsle,er list.

Pro-Life Mississippi is an organiza<on

of diverse and caring Chris<ans. We

are drawn together by our commit-

ment to the sanc<ty of human life

from fer<liza<on to natural death. On

behalf of those who cannot speak for

themselves, we are a voice against

abor<on, infan<cide, euthanasia and

embryonic stem cell research. Our

concern is to reach the state with the

truth about these issues by educa<ng

its ci<zens, influencing poli<cal

change within the government of

Mississippi and taking the pro-life

message directly to those who

threaten innocent life. The key to the

success of our mission is to work with

the churches of Mississippi in ac<on

against these sins.

(Watch for more sources next month.)